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OK, I got a very inappropriate LOL out of the fact that JS's autobiography is called "Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story."
As far as JoePa's involvement...it's my understanding that he didn't witness the abuse firsthand, but was told about it by a third party. He reported that to the appropriate parties, and from there an in-depth investigation should have been carried on - NOT by Paterno. He is not the administrative or disciplinary arm of the university. Why on earth are people trying to place everything on his shoulders?
This is the part of the article that hits home:
If every person that suspected child abuse in an institutional setting were permitted to take the law into their own hands by contacting authorities, it would become incredibly easy for anyone with a vendetta against a colleague, a superior, or an underling to ruin a career and a reputation by making unfounded reports with no check. That is why they are to report to the heads of their institutions, whose responsibility it is to make the report, based on whether or not there is 'reasonable suspicion' that abuse has occurred.
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